Big day

Today is a big day for my little ones.  Jude gets to wear his Batman (pajamas) costume to preschool for a fall party.  He can hardly stand the wait.  We’re augmenting the "costume" with the mask from last year’s Batman costume.  You know, making it more legit.  Jett will also be wearing his identical costume [...]

Superwoman? Hardly.

You guys are the best.  Thanks for all the nice comments and encouragement you’ve given me via comments here on the blog and email.

Yesterday was actually a pretty great day.  We kept busy, I got stuff done around the house, and didn’t turn the tv on once.  The dark clouds parted and I ended [...]

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

I listened to Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde album yesterday; the last track of the album is today’s post title.

I’m sorry to say, it kind of sums up how I felt yesterday.  No reason to feel that way, I suppose… thank goodness it doesn’t happen very often or for long periods of time – [...]

Quilts for the twin boys

A few weeks ago, I posted a preview of these quilts here.

And here I posted pictures of the little boys who will be receiving the quilts.

Here are the finished quilts!

Leslie said that she wanted bright colors and wanted the quilts to be similar but not exactly the same.

Once again, [...]

Alison’s baby shower

 

Look at this beautiful, glowing pregnant woman!  Doesn’t she look great?  Would you believe she’ll be 30 weeks along with twins next week?  She looks so small!

And check out this score:

And this is what she got from me:

Her baby girl names, you ask?

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Baby Owen and his quilt

I had the pleasure of meeting baby Owen for the first time last night.  He’s so adorable!  Owen and his family are doing very well. 

Here’s the proud mommy and her precious babe:

Look at that hair!

I’ve started asking expectant moms for input as I design a baby quilt [...]

Baby boom!

By the time most of you will be reading this, my friend Leslie will already have delivered her twins!  But as of time of publishing, she has yet to be induced.  Her other labors have been super-fast and easy (like, enough to make us normal women gag) so her doctor is expecting the twins to [...]